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#1568377
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The New Republic Movie Series EPIV: A Threat From Beyond (An Ahsoka Series Edit) [RELEASED]
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EddieDean said:

Sounds great. Is the plan now to add a little iteration to a couple of your earlier movies for story consistency, such as the beskar spear?

The plan is to go back through them, convert them to 4K and make sure the through stories are tight. I’m still not sure about the Beskar spear. My current workaround flows pretty well using the dialogue from Season 3 - Mando says he got it from Jawas that claim to have been on the surface of Mandalore. However, that may change when I go back through them.

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#1568336
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Files now being uploaded!

Here is the final change log. By far the most changes I’ve ever made in an edit!

There are a huge number of changes in this edit. Virtually every scene had at least some trimming. All music transitions have been worked on, often using tracks from the OST.

Opening Logos
Custom classic Star Wars opening crawl
Pan shot to New Republic Cruiser

Episode 1
Trim opening bridge shot to remove captain spinning in his chair.
Cut protocol droid “ship approaching, track distance mark….”
Cut Captain “what’s the word Comm”
Cut Comm “I’m receiving their signal now Sir”
Trim sequence of the shuttle landing in the docking bay.
Cut Captain “you put on a good show but I don’t buy it”
Cut Captain “just some over-confident imperial trash….”
Cut Captain “and you sir should have surrendered when the empire collapsed”
Transition wipe to Ahsoka approaching the Witch Temple.
Trim Ahsoka’s approach to the temple.
Cut Ahsoka bending down to rub the stone and moving the pillars to reveal the map.
Cut Ahsoka and the first droid staring at eachother. The sequence of the other droids revealing themselves has been tightened.
Cut Huyang “I don’t understand”
Trim sequence of Ahsoka’s shuttle approaching and landing on Home One.
Cut Ahsoka “Thrawn” when revealing the map to Hera.
Cut Ahsoka “nothing is certain, except our enemies believe they know where to look”
Cut Ackbar “General, the defence council is requesting an update on the incident”.
Cut Lothal ceremony scene. We transition wipe from Home One to long shot of Sabine on her speeder.
Tighten up the speeder sequence by cutting some long shots.
Cut Pilot “is she going to stop?” and “Sabine stand down”
Cut external shot of the communications tower.
Trim end shot of Sabine looking at Ezra’s hologram and opening shot of Baylan & Co. at the temple ruins.
Cut Shin “Master” & Baylan “Do as she says”.
Cut Sabine and Huyang exchange about him still being in one piece.
Cut long shot of Ahsoka & Sabine staring at each other.
Cut Sabine “no one would design a map you couldn’t read….”
Cut Sabine-Ahsoka chat about where Ahsoka is living and about being a Jedi.
Cut Ahsoka “I’m not sure that’s a good idea”.
Trim Huyang’s lightsaber report to cut unnecessary dialogue.
Cut Probe droids returning to Shin - we just see them tracking Sabine.
Cut Ahsoka & Hera talking about reasons.
Cut start of Sabine map opening scene and trim the rest of the sequence.
Cut Sabine “think I’m going on a trip” - droid attack is a bit more sudden.
Trim Sabine-Shin standoff.
Trimmed and re-ordered Sabine-Shin fight scene to cut the lightsaber strike. Shine force-pushes Sabine backwards and then departs because of Ahsoka’s arrival.
Cross fade via white screen to BAck of Ahsoka in the MedBay.

Episode 2
Trimmed and edited MedBay scene to remove reference to the lightsaber strike.
Used AI voice so that Sabine reveals the path to the galaxy starts “somewhere in the Denab system”. Ahsoka then leaves without indication of where she is going.
Entire droid head sequence is removed. The third MedBay scene is blended together with the first so that after Ahsoka leaves Sabine and Huyang have their conversation about her training.
Transition wipe to the Communications tower and Sabine returning there.
Cut Sabine getting out her armour. She now goes straight to her helmet - more impactful than the armour pieces.
Hair cutting scene remains intact.
Entire Corellia pliot removed.
Transition to Scene of Ahsoka returning to her ship (actually a Correlia scene but it’s an internal shot) and Sabine appearing in holo dressed in her armour.
Transition to Shin and Baylan arriving on Seatos. Scene tightened.
Transition to Ahsoka and Sabine meeting up and leaving Lothal.
AI line of Huyang used “I have just received a transmission from General Syndulla, long range scans of the Denab system have revealed the enemy’s shuttle landing on the planet Seatos”.
Transition to Morgan/Baylan/Shin on Seatos. Scene tightened to remove unnecessary extended shots.
Cut unnecessary exposition: Morgan “where grand admiral thrown is banished” and “across time and space”; Baylan talking about dreams and hopes and Morgan “the threads of fate do not lie”.

Episode 3
Cut Ahsoka/Sabine Training sequence.
Cut Hera/Senate Committee meeting.
Sabine/Hera force discussion scene tightened and trimmed. Scene opens with AI Ahsoka line “you were lucky yesterday, but I see you can still wield a lightsaber” - this creates a more meaningful scene having cut the training sequence.
Cut Huyang and Ahsoka talking about Sabine’s progress.
Trimmed Sabine & cup scene.
Cut Ahsoka “let’s see what Morgan has been hiding out here”.
Cut Sabine/Huyang discussion about standard Jedi protocol.
AI Huyang line “my last scan indicates that the enemy vessel is on the far side of the planet”. This is the final alteration to tie up the plot having removed the Corellia sequence.
Tightened the battle sequence. Cut Sabine/Ahsoka chat about tail gun presets. Sabine now quickly moves to the tail gun and tells Ahsoka she’s ready. The first battle segment has been cut. Sabine shoots down 2 of the fighters almost immediately. The cut makes it look like 3 have been destroyed, which compensates for cutting the opening of the battle.
Cut Sabine “2 more down”.
Approach to the hyperspace ring is tightened by trimming multiple scenes.
Cut the Morgan-Shin interactions.
Cut the initial scene of Ahsoka and Sabine assessing the damage to the shuttle.
Trim Ahsoka posturing on the outside of the shuttle.
Trim the flight through the whale pod.
Cut chat about almost dying multiple times.
Trim Ahsoka’s shuttle approaching the forrest.
Cut first shot of landed shuttle and Sabine/Ahsoka sitting in silence in the cockpit.
Transition to Baylan ordering his troops to search the Forrest.

Episode 4
Tighten scene where Ahsoka and Sabine chat about their plan.
Cut Baylan sending Shin and Marrok into the forrest - he has already ordered the search. We can assume that Shin and Marrok land in the forrest and start the hunt.
Cut scene where Ahsoka and Sabine suit up inside the shuttle. Baylan’s troops attack Huyang and Ahsoka & Sabine rush out to help. Huyang’s scenes are edited to create a better jump scare. He says “finally some progress”, turns around and is attacked.
Fight scene is trimmed.
Cut Huyang requesting Ahsoka and Sabine to stay together - it removes the urgency of the situation.
Transition wipe from Ahsoka and Sabine running into the woods to Baylan and Morgan looking at the Eye. Openning shot of the Eye was reversed to create a better wipe.
Cut Baylan “witchcraft”
Cut sequence where Hera leaves the fleet and heads to Seatos. This all happens off screen to save running time and to give her arrival a bigger impact.
Trim the standoff in the forest - Sabine shoots at Shin almost immediately.
Cut most of Ahsoka v Marrok. Ahsoka watches him twirl his lightsaber and immediately defeats him - rather like Kenobi v Maul in Rebels. He ended up being a nothing character, so I gave him a nothing death.
Cut one of the hyperspace calculations countdown scenes to speed the plot.
Trimmed Shin v Sabine.
Cut Shin “you will regret this decision” - she’s a much better character when she says very little.
Trimmed Ahsoka’s walk into the map area.
Trimmed
Cut Baylan “It is an unfortunate evil that speaks to a greater truth. One must destroy in order to create”
Heavily trimmed the start of Baylan v Ahsoka to get to the meat of fight much quicker.
Trimmed Baylan tempting Sabine.
Added audio from Ezra’s recording whilst Baylan is sensing Sabine’s feelings.
Cut Baylan having to tell Shin a second time to release Sabine.
Cut Baylan/Sabine and Shin walking towards their shuttle - this is a continuity error given that they arrive at the Eye in Morgan’s shuttle.
Cut Huyang radioing to Ahsoka and Sabine.

Episodes 5 & 6 - Scenes on Seatos intercut with scenes on Peridea.
Cut Hera finding Huyang.
WBW scene is trimmed and now runs straight into the Ryloth flashback scene. The Ryloth scene is heavily edited to shorten it as much as possible.
Transition to Hera and Huyang at the henge.
Remove Hera trying to sense the lightsabers with Jacen and the ships taking off to find Ahsoka. The scene now ends with Jacen saying “can you hear the lightsabers” and cutting to Ahsoka battling Mandalorians in the flashback.
Mandalore flashback edited to speed up the sequence as much as possible.
Cut Republic ships searching for Ahsoka.
Transition to episode 6 sequence where the Eye arrives at Peridea.
The preceding scenes from episode 6 (Ahsoka and Huyang talking about temple stories and Baylan talking to Sabine in her cell) have been removed.
Approach to surface of Peridea tightened.
Cut Shin “More witches”.
Cut Sabine being taken to her cell.
Cut scene where Ahsoka wakes up on her shuttle - adds very little.
Transition to scene between Hera and Ahsoka on the henge.
Cut Jacen “I’ve been in a starship before”.
Trim Ahsoka’s force reading of the orb.
Cut Hera/Ahsoka “So she’s alive”. “She was when they left Seatos”.
Cut Scene in Ghost cockpit where Hera talks to Mon Mothma & Ahsoka appears to announce that she knows how to follow Sabine.
Transition to Baylan & Shin on Peridea.
Cut Shin “With good reason, sometimes stories are just stories”.
Cut Sabine “Ahsoka, what am I doing”.
Trim Sabine attempting to open the cell door to quicken the scene.
Trim Thrawns entrance scene.
Cut Thrawn “well speak to me of this loose thread”.
Cut Thrawn “you would not be the first”.
Cut Sabine “Thrawn”
Trim the Sabine/Thrawn conversation to remove the painful pauses.
Cut scene where Sabine is given her howler. We now cut from Sabine asking about a ride to the door opening to reveal her riding a howler. Cut one shot of her exiting on the howler.
Transition to the Ghost and X-wings taking off from the henge.
The Seatos departure sequence has been heavily edited. I have removed almost all of the interaction with the New Republic fleet. They now arrive and Hera immediately tells them to get out of the way as the whale pod passes through. Ahsoka’s walk outside the shuttle to communicate with the whale has been cut.
Cut scene where Sabine is attacked by the marauders.
Cut scene of Thrawn and Morgan talking about their primary objective.
Cut scene where Sabine chastises the wolf.
Transition to Sabine arriving at the site where the rock creatures are. Scene tightened to remove long pauses. Cut Sabine”you’re embarrassing yourself”, “No. it wont hurt you”, “you must know Ezra Bridger”.
Cut scene of Baylan and Shin finding the dead marrauders.
Transition to Great Mothers telling Thrawn of another. Cut Thrawn talking about death and resurrection.
Trim Sabine approaching the rock’s camp.
Cut Sabine avoiding Ezra’s questions about how she arrived.

Episode 7
New Republic tribunal cut.
Trim Anakin/Ahsoka training scene. This is moved forward and placed between the last 2 scenes from episode 6.
Trim Ahsoka/Huyang cockpit scene and cut interaction about how hopeless their plan is.
The Whale exit scene has been heavily trimmed to speed the pacing and remove unnecessary chatter.
Cut Thrawn telling Enoch to withdraw the fighters. This tacical withdrawal made the plot overly convoluted.
Trim Ahsoka flying through the debris field and landing.
Cut Sabine telling Ezra that she was Ahsoka’s apprentice and about things being “complicated”.
Cut scene where Thrawn asks the Great Mothers to find Ahsoka. This creates a fantastic hard cut from Ahsoka sensing Sabine to the face if the Great mother as they reveal Ahsoka’s location.
Trim the Ahsoka/Sabine force sense scene.
Cut Sabine talking about a familiar feeling. We already know this because she senses Ahsoka and telling Ezra adds nothing.
Cut Stormtroopers boarding the attack ships.
Trim the Marauder ambush scene.
Cut 2 shots of Ahsoka and Huyang in the shuttle.
Cut the Huyang/Ahsoka chatter about the plan going wrong last time.
Ahsoka v Baylan is almost completely cut. All that remains is them meeting and the first lightsaber strike. Huyang then fires at Baylan and Ahsoka escapes onto the howler. This second duel added nothing. I left the minimum to explain how Ahsoka arrives on a howler.
Ground battle tightened by cutting and trimming multiple scenes.
Ezra’s cringey offer of being taken a prisoners has been cut.
Cut Thrawn and Morgan looking at the Battle scene hologram - unnecessary exposition.
Cut Thrawn talking about time being on their side.
Cut most of the final reunion scene. Ahsoka hugs Ezra and we cut to the Episode 8 material - the rest of the scene destroys the pacing of the final act.

Episode 8
Cut Thrawn ordering the Tie Fighter attack.
Trim scene of Morgan being given Nightsister powers. Cut her being presented with the sword.
Trim Ezra lightsaber construction scene to remove unnecessary dialogue.
Cut TIE fighter attack sequence.
A lot of trimming in the finale to remove unnecessary static shots, shots of Thrawn looking angry, trim overly long shots and remove some of the battle action that doesn’t advance the plot.
Ezra’s force jump is edited so that Sabine doesn’t aid him. Sabine then leaves to help Ahsoka.
Cut Ezra using the Stormtrooper’s commlink.
Cut Shin joining the marauders.
Cut the Ezra/Hera reunion.
Iris out to credits and the Main theme.

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#1568251
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The New Republic Movie Series EPIV: A Threat From Beyond (An Ahsoka Series Edit) [RELEASED]
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TheDimitrios said:

Watched the first 2 hours yesterday up until the Purgill journey starts.

As someone who did not watch the original show, I had no trouble following the story, it all flowed very well so far.

Only 2 things made me flinch for a second:

  1. When Ahsokas ship gets hit, I did not really understand why Huyang got deactivated.

  2. When Ahsoka finishes the fight with the robot/dude with the Inquisitor lightsaber, it seems like she just stands still for quite a while, which seemed odd.

Although I went in blind, i obviously saw Sabine getting stabbed before, it was everywhere… And this version seemed way better. Although it made me stop for a second, not quite knowing what exactly made her pass out, this is by far the better question to ask. Even a slice would be too much considering how fast she is back up on her feet.

Oh, and when Sabine sits down to cut off her hair, I felt like there was a small hiccup in the audio.

Thanks so much for the feedback. It’s so useful getting the perspective of someone that hasn’t watched the series. Its a big relief that the first 2 hours worked for you, because that is where most of the plot trimming was done and where the AI lines were inserted.

The Sabine slice edit was very well done and certainly works the way the series was written with 2 separate scenes in the Medbay, implying that Sabine was there for a period of time. I have cut the two Medbay scenes together, so having a significant lightsaber injury wouldn’t really work. Hence I chose to edit it without a lightsaber injury and implying that she was injured by the force push and is thus able to recover very quickly.

With regards to the other points to make, what’s reassuring here is that I have made numerous scene cuts and altered virtually every scene left in the edit, yet the 3 points that you picked up on were how the original series was presented.

  1. Huyang gets deactivated because Ashoka’s ship gets hit and he cops it.
  2. Ahsoka’s extended pose after she kills Marrok is slightly odd, but it can’t be shortened because I want to keep the reveal that he’s “undead” and I can’t cut the Sabine/Shin shot because of how its edited.
  3. The audio hiccup is the original music transition, it does sound slightly strange and I wonder if this is a music edit rather than Kiner’s original score.
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So that’s a wrap! The Edit is complete and rendering. I just need to sort the artwork and I will release it over the weekend. PM if you want a link.
One final clip… Shin v Sabine with the lightsaber injury.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xjuJFpsI72RcskvOuHRfVY-Kz9DshdRu

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jmarso1 said:

Argh.

I hate to be the grammar police, but unless there is an alternative spelling, in the text crawl, it should be ‘galvanize’ instead of ‘galvanise’.

Ahh yes. My computer autocorrected it to original English 😂. I’ll switch it to Star Wars English 😜.

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#1567926
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The New Republic EP1: A Vergence in the Force 4K (The Mandalorian Season 1 Edit) [V4 RELEASED]
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Mando Episode 1

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16dXCM9USoKulInZ4dMJhjqDbbHMceFAj

Mando Episode 2

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1moAlWH7T9DYslZQ6wqRMQlNnkRs_cyzX

Mando Episode 3

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ftOnzX7STMgXmQ73M64KjZlb-sjy2bQN

Mando Episode 4

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y6f65P9NfBJPr0EWZwsqfjVQaz8XZJNJ

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jmarso1 said:

Love the opening logo and crawl.

There is a spelling error in the last word: I am assuming it should be trial, and not trail.

If this is Episode V, am I correct in guessing your Mando movies are episodes I - IV?

I’ve seen another edit where Baylan and Shin are already aboard the NR ship when it appears, and the fight is already underway. It works well and speeds things up in the beginning. Just food for thought.

Can’t wait to see the finished product!

Well spotted. Thanks.
Yes, the Mando movies will be episodes I to IV. And then Skeleton Crew episode VI.

I have seen the opening scene edited that way. It works well, but as an opening scene to a Star Wars movie, I feel the fuller version works better - gives me TPM vibes.

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szopman said:

Ok, so I watched the 2nd cut and … I think it’s really good.

Since the opening crawl and end credits are still in-progress, I won’t mention those.

When it comes to the rest of it, it’s really well edited. The editing is as great as it can be, and the transitions make it really feel like watching a full-lenght Star Wars.

I was very sceptical when you mentioned you’d keep Hera in the second act after all, but in the end it, I must admit it flows well actually. It doesn’t feel superfluous filler like in the series.

And I’m very happy you decided to keep Anakin’s hologram 😉

There are two things I’d personally cut (but it’s more like my personal preference):
-the first scene with Ahsoka, I think the entire sequence could be cut and you could start with her approaching the NR base and meeting Hera
-Ezra’s return - I’d leave it ambiguous what happened to him after he made that jump, or, I’d make it a post-credit scene instead 😉

In general, the final product is a very well paced, coherent 3h movie. It’s definitely way more enjoyable and “digestible” than the source material.

PS
I know u don’t like to watch other faneditors’ work, but I ll send you a PM anyway one thing that other faneditor on this forum did to trim a bit the first scene with Bylon and Shin. It could save you a minute or two, without loosing the best part of this scene.

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. I have tried removing the first Ahsoka scene, and for a while I ran with that option, but when I watched it back, it just didn’t feel right.
Firstly it involves a time jump after the first scene, and secondly it is a very underwhelming opening for the main character. I’ve removed quite a lot from that sequence so it plays out a lot faster.

Ezra’s Return was more out than in and that worked perfectly when the New Republic elements had been removed. Having put those back in, it helps provide a close more to Hera’s arc than Ezra’s. I’ll watch it back again and make a final decision.

I have seen the edits of the opening scene, and whilst they do eliminate the ineptness of the captain, opening in the middle of a battle doesn’t feel like a Star Wars movie opening.

The second act was what I was most unsure about. Did you find anything that didn’t work for you?

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smudger9 said:

Cut 2 is now complete and weighing in dead on 3 hours. A little longer than I would have liked and there are still elements of act 2 that I would like to shorten, particularly WBW and Ahsoka’s space walk, but its difficult doing that without continuity issues.
I’ve actually reinstated some of the New Republic elements on Seatos. Having watched it back it just didn’t flow well with Hera removed. She’s a main character and disappears after the first act. Plus the 2 hyperspace scenes on Seatos lost their impact because of the cutting required. Here is the space whale scene stripped right back but with Hera and the New Republic included. Let me know your thoughts.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxv53ge8ddi1cS4y2TG9hk_wwbQngeu-

This file is now shareable.

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#1567389
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The New Republic Movie Series EPIV: A Threat From Beyond (An Ahsoka Series Edit) [RELEASED]
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Cut 2 is now complete and weighing in dead on 3 hours. A little longer than I would have liked and there are still elements of act 2 that I would like to shorten, particularly WBW and Ahsoka’s space walk, but its difficult doing that without continuity issues.
I’ve actually reinstated some of the New Republic elements on Seatos. Having watched it back it just didn’t flow well with Hera removed. She’s a main character and disappears after the first act. Plus the 2 hyperspace scenes on Seatos lost their impact because of the cutting required. Here is the space whale scene stripped right back but with Hera and the New Republic included. Let me know your thoughts.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxv53ge8ddi1cS4y2TG9hk_wwbQngeu-

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revel911 said:

2h 57 is pretty dang long for SW, sure just one movie?

As with most of the Disney shows, the amount of decent material for Ahsoka is around 1.5 movies worth. So I either stretch the material out to 2 movies, or tighten and trim everything and bring it in at just under 3 hours for a single movie. My aim with these edits is to create a movie event, because that is how I feel Star Wars is best viewed, so the single movie option is what I feel is best. It’s worked pretty well for my previous edits, and many modern movies have a runtime over 2.5 hours, so just shy of 3 hours isn’t excessive by modern standards.

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SpectacularSMan said:

Count me in as interested to view the current cut! Sounds like this has come along nicely. Just curious, have you seen the cut by Redditor derikwkim? I thought his edit was very well done and will be curious to see how this differs from it!

I haven’t watched any other Ahsoka edits yet. I like to produce my own vision first. When I originally started out with my clone wars and Mandalorian edits, there weren’t any others to see!

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Devils_Cabana_Boy said:

Hope the edit is ticking along nicely… Looking forward to seeing what you’re able to do with this one!

Almost there with the second cut. Just the last 15mins to finish off. The audio is complete too. Currently clocking in at 2h 57.

Acts 1 and 3 flow really well and are pretty final. The middle act is where changes may occur. I’m not 100% happy with removal of all New Republic elements on Seatos and how much of the WBW elements I’ve included.
I should get the cut finished this week and view it over the weekend. I’ll send a link to anyone interested in checking out the full current cut. I’ll also post a changelog… which will be vast!

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#1564526
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Mando EP3: A New Path (A Book of Boba Fett Edit) [RELEASED]
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jmarso1 said:

This was a fantastic edit.

It basically salvages BOBF and works in the Mando stuff in a seamless, logical manner. I really liked how the final battle was cut down, and most of the vespa-crew stuff was cut. If there was a way to cut all of it, that would be even better, but I realize that would be extremely difficult. The way Grogu was edited OUT of the Tatooine stuff was pretty ingenious.

My only issue here is with all the Grogu / Luke /Ahsoka stuff at the end. This story essentially concludes with the end of the battle. I thought the scene of Din leaving Tatooine would have been the perfect place to cut to credits.

I haven’t watched Ep IV yet so I’m not sure how well it would work editing all the Jedi stuff into the beginning of that one. However, if it was to be broken up, here’s one possible way I would suggest trying:

In Ep III, Mando tests the starfighter in Beggar’s Canyon. When he heads for space, wipe to him leaving Tatooine to go present his present to Grogu. A LOT of the stuff with the droids building the temple and bench could be cut with no issues- he should arrive and find Ahsoka almost immediately. Then carry on up to the point where Ahsoka talks him down. He leaves, returns to Tatooine, and that’s when Fennic Shand is waiting for him in the docking bay. Then end EP III after the battle, and work in the rest of the Grogu stuff at the beginning of IV. Again, not having seen IV, I’m not sure how well that works.

If all else fails, maybe the answer is an EP 3.5 vignette that addresses the Grogu issue. It’s painfully obvious that Mando S3 didn’t originally account for Grogu, but his popularity caused them to write him back in. The whole thing is just kind of a mess. This would cut down on the length of EP III, allowing it to end in its proper place. (IMHO).

Anyway, great job! Looking forward to EP IV!

Thanks for the input. I agree that the Luke-Grogu segment feels like an add-on. I will be revisiting these Mando edits after I’ve finished with Ahsoka. I’m hoping to better integrate the Luke-Grogu scenes, but as yet I’m not quite sure how to do it.

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szopman said:

smudger9 said:

Here is my edited flashback sequence. Lots of trimming here meaning I’ve got it down to 13mins with Huyang being the one that rescues her.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4YuxylIKTCKHZJPsW8_0rF1omHsw33T

So, I checked it. The whole flashback/WbW sequence looks cool. I wasn’t able to spot where you trimmed it exactly (except one particular moment), so I’d say it looks seemeless. You managed to save the best part of the show almost intact 😉

I don’t wanna be a pain in the … but I think you shouldn’t have trimmed the moment when Anakin’s ghost goes back from “evil” to “good”. I saw you trimmed a bit the transition and I think it would be better if those few extra seconds stayed. it was a great little moment, the facial expressions of Hayden was perfect and in my opinion, for the millennials fans it had a huge emotional impact to see how his face changes from ROTS evil Anakin to the good Anakin Skywalker again. I know it may be silly, as we talk about 5-10 seconds, but for me it was something that I spot right away, I remember it was really a big deal for me when I watched this episode 😉

Nevertheless, in terms of editing and pacing - great job!

Thanks. I’ll look back at the Anakin face change and put it back in.

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szopman said:

GLogus said:

smudger9 said:

Half way there with the second cut!

Here is the episode 4 segment. A lot of big and little cuts here… got the episode down to 19mins. Half was point clocking in at 1h 27 so I’m on target!

Let me know your thoughts.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EK1EjzPk0ZkD9x16xAGz4AsQmzrHNnzi

I hate to see so much of Episode 4 go as I think it was the most cinematic of all eight episodes. Episode 5 may have had the member berries, but 4 was the only one that was as good as the franchise deserves.

Besides, all you had to do was remove the shots where Ahsoka is folding her arms and smirking. That would easily get your cut down below 3 hrs.

I dare to disagree, I think he cut all the superfluous stuff (tho again, some pauses and dialogues could still be trimmed probably), but left the best from it ( I personally like he chose to keep the Inquisitor’s death, I think it was a nice nod to Nightsisters magic and Kurosawa movies).

I have one question regarding the fanedit - in the end it will be “Ahsoka - Episode I” or “New Republic - (…)”?

Also, regarding the title - did you consider using the last episode’s title “The Jedi, the Witch and the Warlord”? I just personally think it was a very cool title and it describes well the whole show 😄

It will become “The New Republic Episode 5”. The title of the last episode was cool, but probably no Star Wars enough. 😃

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The New Republic Movie Series EPIV: A Threat From Beyond (An Ahsoka Series Edit) [RELEASED]
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szopman said:

This idea may sound crazy to some of you but, maybe add the part of dialogue between Ahsoka and Anakin from “Rebels” during the Lucas film/A long time ago… sequence? Like the clone troopers that could be heard in the theatrical TCW movie during the Lucas film/A long time ago … sequence.

That is what I was thinking…… Anakin/Vader dialogue from Rebels and visuals from Rogue One or Kenobi.